New planet

The journey I took alone, to find something that I lost

I went far and wide, I ran from group to group, home to home.

Trying to fill the black hole there must be in my stomach

I ended up in a foreign land that felt alien to me

I did not speak the language, nor understand the customs

They rhymed in riddles and laughed with their tongues

They looked at me as if I had done something very wrong

I wept alone and I cursed alone in my corner of this new planet

I looked in the mirror at the girl that had run and kept running

There she was and I did not recognize her.

The pit in my stomach felt deeper

I think i’ll run again.